Supporting-stand.



A. G. PARK.

SUPPORTING STAND. APPLIOATION'IILED NOV. 21, 1902.

A A A V N0 MODEL.

ing at Madison,

' Patented Deceinber 8, 1903.

PATENT OFFItIE.

ALLAN G. PARK, OF MADISON, WISCONSIN.

SUPPORTING-STAND.

SPECIFICATION. forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,141, dated December 8, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I ALLAN G. PARK, residin' the county of Dane and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Supporting-Stands, of which the following is a description, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which are apart of this specification. My invention has relation to improvements in supporting-stands especially intended for supporting tea-kettles, coifee-pots, or other receptacles containing heated liquids or sub stances.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, cheap, and ornate device adapted to rest on a table or other medium and to support a receptacle, the device being of such construction as to preve'ntthe heat from the heated contents of the receptac'le from being transmitted to the supporting-table.

With the above primaryobject and other incidental objects in view the invention con sists of the devices and parts or their equivalents, ashereinafter set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the complete device. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, parts being broken away; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the device.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 4: indicates a cup-like device, the bottom thereof provided with an opening 5. Surrounding ed to the cup-like the upwardly-extending flange of the cup-.

like device and at a desired distance therefrom and preferably extending slightly below the bottornof the cuplike device is a rim 6,.

advisably of open-work. This rim is conneetdevice by short thin arms 7, connected at their outer ends to the rim and at their inner ends to the cup-like device.

, The stand is supported on the table or other medium by means of legs 8, the lower ends of said legs preferably extending into blocks 9, composed of any suitable non-heat-conduct- 'ing material, such as felt, so as to prevent the .heat from passing down the legs to the table. The legs by preference extend downwardlyfrom the rim 6; but .it is obvious that they could extend downwardly from the cup-like device without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

The supporting-plate upon which the kettle Application filed November 21.1902. Serial No. 182,203. (No model.)

or receptacle rests isindicated by the numeral 10. This plate is disposed in the cup-like device above the bottom of said device, so as to leave a space beneath the plate. Any suitable form of means for supporting the plate above the bottom of the cup-like device may be provided. In the drawings I show for the purpose arms 11, which cross each other central'ly and are provided with downwardlybent portions 12, which rest on the bottom of the cup-like device, and thereby serve to sup-' port the plate in a raised position above the bottom of said cup-like device. The edge of the supporting-plate isremoved from the upwardly-extending' flange of the cup-like device, so as to leave a clear space or passage. In order to retain the plate against movement horizontally, jecting fingers 13, the outer ends of which bear against the inner side of the flange of the cup-like device, and thereby hold the plate against movement horizontally, so as to preserve the space between the flange and the edge of the plate, but yet permit of the ver- I provide said plate with protical withdrawal of the supporting-plate from the cup-like device when desired. For convenience where the intersecting arms 11 are employed said arms may extend outwardly to form the projecting fingers 13, as shown in the drawings.

.On the upper side of the bottom of the cuplike device may be placed a sheet or pad of asbestos 14, provided with a central opening 15, which registers with the opening of the bottom of the cup-like device. This sheet or pad of asbestos serves as a guard to prevent the bottonrof the cup'like device from being heated. I

In the use and application of my invention, when a pot or receptaclecontaining a heated liquid--such as tea, cofiee, or the like-or a receptacle having heated contents of any other character is placed on the supportingplate 10 it is impossible for the heat to be transmitted to the table or other medium on which the stand is supported by reason of the particular construction of my device, as hereinbefore described. It will be seen that provision is made for a free circulation of cool air, inasmuch as said air is permitted to pass beneath the lower edge of the outer rim 6; and also through the openings thereof to the space beneath the bottom of the cup-like device, and thence rise upwardly through the opening 50f said bottom, thence circulate in the'space beneath the supporting-plate, and thence pass upwardly through the space between the flange of the cup-like device and.

the outer edge of the supporting-plate. This provision for the circulation of cool air not only provides against the table beingjnjuredby heat, but also serves as a means for assisting in carrying the heated air upwardly. The outer rim 6 is made of open-work, so as to aiiord not only a series of openings for the passage of cool air beneath the bottom of the cup-like device, but also to provide openings through which heated air may escape laterally. Of course instead of being composed of openwork this rim might beprovided with a series of openings or apertures formed in any other manner.

It will be evident, further, from my improved construction that the heated air has very little opportunity to be transmitted to the outer rim 6, inasmuch as said rim is connected to the cup-like device by the small thin legs 7, and that even should the outer rim become heated the heat would not be supporting-plate'lO is on a plane slightly belike device.

low the upper edge of the flange of the cup- This is preferable,inasmnch as thereby a suction is created and a better circnlation of air'secured in consequence thereof.

In the circulation of the cool air said air not only has ,an opportunity to pass upwardly through the opening 5 in the bottom of the cup-like device, but also to pass upwardly in the space between the outer side of the flange of said cup-like device and the inner side of the rim 6.

While I have described the part 4 as being of cup-like form, yet I do not wish to be understood as confining myself thereto, inasmuch as merely abottom plate might be provided upon which the suppmting-plate rests in a raised. position thereabove, and, if desired, means employed for holding said plate against horizontal movement on the bot'tom piece, and such variation I would deem to be within the spirit and scope 'of my invention. The outer rim 6 might also be omitted and the supporting-legs made to depend from the bottom piece without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I furthermore prefer to provide the outer edge of the supporting-plate 10 with an upwardly-entending flange 16, the upperedge of said flange being advisably on the same plane as the upper edge of the flange of the cup-like device. The inner plate being constructed in this way,-a better draft is'created for the cold air to pass upward through the center hole in the bottom of the cup-like device, and it also serves to prevent any leakage or overflow from the receptacle supported on the plate 10 from reaching the table.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a supporting-stand, the combination of a bottom piece provided with an opening,

legs for holdings-aid bottom piece in araised position above the table, or other supporting medium, and a plate provided with means for holding it in a raised position above the bottom piece, wherebyaspace is formed beneath the plate, said plate adapted for supporting a receptacle containing heated contents.

2. In a supporting-stand, the combination of a bottom piece provided with an opening, legs for holding said bottom piece in a raised position above a table, or other supporting medium, a plate provided with means for holding it in a raised position above the bottom' piece, whereby a space is formed-beneath the plate, said plate adapted for supporting a receptacle containing heated contents, and means for holding the plate against lateral movement on the bottom piece.

3. In a supporting-stand, the combination tion above the bottom piece wherebya space is formed beneath the plate, said plate being of such area as to also leave a space between itsouter edge, and the flange of the bottom piece.

4:. In a supporting-stand, the combination of a. bottom piece provided with an opening, and having a flange extending upwardly from its outer edge, legs for holding said bottom piece in a raised position above the table, or other supporting medium, and a plate disposed within the space of the flange of the bottom piece and vertically removable therefrom, and supported in a raised position above the bottom piece, whereby a space is formed beneath the plate, said plate adapted for suptom piece, whereby a space isgfermed beneath the plate, said plate adaptediitor supporting a receptacle containing heated; contents, and

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an outer rim around the bottom piece, and the supporting-plate, and connected to said bottom piece, and disposed at a distance from said bottom piece and plate whereby a space is formed between the outer edge of the bottom piece and ,the inner side of the rim.

6. In a supporting-stand, the combination 7 ofa bottom' piece provldedwith an opening,

I the bottom piece,

to the bottom piece, said outer rim legs for holdingthe stand in a raised position above the table, or other supporting medium,

a plate supported vide a space between said outer edge and the inner side of the rim. I 7. In a supporting-stand, the combination of a bottom piece provided with an opening,

and having an upwardly-extending flange the space of the flange ft from its outer edge, legs for holding the stand in a raised position above the table, or other supporting medium, a plate disposed within he bottom piece nd supported in a raised tom piece whereby a spa; the plate, said provide a space betwee the flange of the bottom sition above thebotformedbeneath and :an'efpter plate being I such areaefas to" outer edgeand rim connected to the bottom piece and disposed at a distance from the outer edge of said bottonrpiece and the upwardly-extending flange of the bottom piece, so as to leave'a space.

8. The combination with a supporting-stand provided with a horizontal supporting member, of supporting-legs depending therefrom, and blocks at the lower ends of the legs, said blocks com posed of non-heat-conducting material.

9. In a supporting-stand, the'combination of a bottom piece provided with an opening and having a flange extending upwardly from its outer edge, legs forholdingsaid bottom piece in a raised position above the table, or

other supporting medium,and a piatedisposed "within the space of the flange of the bottom piece and supported in a raised position above the bottom piece whereby a space is formed beneath the.plate,safd plate provided at its outer edge with an upwardly-extending flange, and p the area of the plate being such as to leave a ,space between its flange and the flange-of the bottom piece.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. i

' A ALLAN G. PARK. Witnesses: v I

I FRANK G. BROWN, FRED. M. BROWN. 

